Roger Christian
Known for: Directing
Born: February 25, 1944
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Roger Christian (born 25 February 1944) is an English set decorator, production designer and feature film director. He won an Academy Award for his work on the original Star Wars and was Oscar-nominated for his work on Alien. Christian directed the second unit on both Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as well as feature films including The Sender and Nostradamus. He also directed the 2000 film Battlefield Earth which is regarded as one of the worst films ever made.
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Filmography
32 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4
2025
7.0
Alien: Terror in Space
2025
6.4
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019
9.3
The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Force Behind Star Wars
2017
4.6
Joseph and Mary
2016
3.9
Prisoners of the Sun
2013
6.8
Dangerous Intuition
2013
3.7
Stranded
2013
4.7
13 Eerie
2013
NR
Riddle of the Black Cat
2012
4.3
American Daylight
2006
4.4
Bandido
2004
8.2
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
5.8
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
2000
3.3
Battlefield Earth
2000
6.6
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
5.3
Masterminds
1997
5.3
Underworld
1996
5.9
The Final Cut
1995
5.8
Nostradamus
1994
3.8
Lorca and the Outlaws
1984
7.9
Return of the Jedi
1983
5.6
The Sender
1982
7.3
The Dollar Bottom
1981
6.4
Black Angel
1980
7.8
Life of Brian
1979
8.2
Alien
1979
5.7
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
8.2
Star Wars
1977
7.6
Akenfield
1974
6.5
And Soon the Darkness
1970
NR
The Sword of Thyrus
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